Wright deputies find man dead after 15 hours

ALBERTVILLE – Wright County deputies found a man dead after trying to make contact with him for hours Sunday, the Wright County Sheriff's Office said.

Dispatch received a call at 1:30 a.m. Sunday to check the welfare of a man in the 10,000 block of 64th Street Northeast in Albertville. The man's vehicle was in front of the residence. He did not live at the home but was known to the homeowners, who were out of town.

Efforts to contact the man were unsuccessful. At 5:20 p.m., members of the Wright County Sheriff's Office Emergency Response Team assisted on a search. The man was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Members of the Hennepin County Emergency Response Team assisted the search.

The name of the deceased is not being released until family members are notified.

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